Lifeguard towers here and there

Lifeguard towers here and there

Good Morning, I hope life is treating you well

Toda,y I will share a few shots of Lifeguard towers at a few beaches around the area where I live

Whenever I see a lifeguard tower on a beach, I find I have to take a photo of it. I guess you could say I am fascinated by them, and I can explain why, but first let me start with a photo

THis one is on East Beach here in New Bedford a very popular beach in summer, I have driven by it a couple of times on a nice summer weekend and seen it packed, but sadly more often when I visit it early morning i see all the trash people have left behind, which does annoy me, people go to a beach because its such a nice beautiful spot, why leaveit in worse shape leaving their trash when they leave.

BUt lets focus more ofn the beauty of nature for this post


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This next one is on Jones Beach in Dartmouth, a neighboring town

Now perhaps why I am fascinated by them in my Teens, I did work for one, maybe two seasons as a lifeguard.
How that came to be, I was big into Rugby at the time and used to get up early, even back then, around 4 AM, get on my bike and ride to the local beach about a 3 Mile ride I think, then, run along the coast about 2 or 3 miles out and back, and then finish off with a swim along the coast, normally half a mile or so and back, and then head home and be back in before the rest of the family were up

But as it happened, one morning when I was doing this routine, I biked to a different spot on the beach and ended up swimming past a group swimming along together, and they came out of the water near to where I did, and one of them came over to talk to me

He was the head lifeguard and they were out training, and he said he saw I had been running and then swimming and seemed quite fit and talked me into volunteering as a lifeguard, which I did and enjoyed for a couple of seasons


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The next one is at Round Hill Beach also in Dartmouth MA


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and back to East Beach to finish off the post


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And that’s all folks


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That's a great story! I've never lifeguarded having not grown up near the ocean. Funny how one life routine crag you into another isn't it? I bet the old rugby days haunt you now in the form of arthritis, I know my former athletic youth haunts me pretty much every morning when I when I get up... lol!

I love the pictures of the lone lifeguard tower, the wisps or red sky in the third picture are really cool! Although that last one with the last remnants of the morning blue is nice as well. I bet you miss getting out there for those morning walks!

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OHH yes between rugby and MOtocross I feel the damage I did to my body back then

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Hello @tattoodja, good day!

It doesn't surprise me that every time you see one of these towers you want to photograph it, since they are truly beautiful.

What beautiful shots!

Have a wonderful day!

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These photos are a welcome sight when the sky in Montreal is all gray and the streets all white... Some colors are good for the mood 😀
Have a great weekend

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It’s too cold out for beach shots…..
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OHh yes for sure well for me at least when I was youger i would have bene out and about

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